Anyone use wbac recently

[zagamuffin]

From a high during the winter prices seem to have tumbled into spring which is the opposite to what youd expect. 
just priced a 718 im intrested in and retail is 37500, first offer from dealers 36k and wbac is 31k 😧

have decided 718 is better option for me taxwise to import if i can get a good enough purchase price 

 

[EXY]

I have a sneaking suspicion it's going to get worse yet.

[Terryg]

11 hours ago, zagamuffin said:

From a high during the winter prices seem to have tumbled into spring which is the opposite to what youd expect. 
just priced a 718 im intrested in and retail is 37500, first offer from dealers 36k and wbac is 31k 😧

have decided 718 is better option for me taxwise to import if i can get a good enough purchase price 

 

I assume you mean road tax? In which case it probably makes sense, I am paying €1200 pa and it would have been about €2k for my 986.

[zagamuffin]

Terry no , import tax inro Ireland 

[Terryg]

9 hours ago, zagamuffin said:

Terry no , import tax inro Ireland 

Ah ok, is import duty cheaper on the 718 then? Mine was a transfer of residency so I didn't pay any. I figured a two litre turbo would be cheaper on road tax, I didn't know it made a difference on the importation side.

[GTSMarky]

Blimey - eye watering.  I thought £350 a year for road tax was bad enough for my BGTS!

[zagamuffin]

Bgts 4.0 395bhp.  2450 euro

Bs 2.5     350bhp.  420 euro 

[andygo]

2 hours ago, zagamuffin said:

Bgts 4.0 395bhp.  2450 euro

Bs 2.5     350bhp.  420 euro 

Commonsense approach to government policy at its best!

[Codfanglers]

On 3/28/2023 at 10:56 AM, zagamuffin said:

From a high during the winter prices seem to have tumbled into spring which is the opposite to what youd expect. 
just priced a 718 im intrested in and retail is 37500, first offer from dealers 36k and wbac is 31k 😧

have decided 718 is better option for me taxwise to import if i can get a good enough purchase price 

 

With the typical £5k dealer premium, £31k would seem about right for anyone wanting to sell/trade in a 718.

Clean, FSH early 781 cars can now be found advertised for under £30k and 981 cars for under £20k and as EXY predicts, normality is returning. The country is awash with Boxsters and Caymans for sale at over-inflated prices and I can see a lot of dealers getting burnt with stock they have paid too much for. 

Edited March 29, 2023 by Codfanglers

[steve7]

8 minutes ago, Codfanglers said:

With the typical £5k dealer premium, £31k would seem about right for anyone wanting to sell/trade in a 718.

Clean, FSH early 781 cars can now be found advertised for under £30k and 981 cars for under £20k and as EXY predicts, normality is returning. The country is awash with Boxsters and Caymans for sale at over-inflated prices and I can see a lot of dealers getting burnt with stock they have paid too much for. 

and yet a 2012 Boxster s with 50k miles just sold for over 37k and they have a GTS 2016 with only 6k miles up at .......wait for it....drum role...60k!!

https://mrsportscars.com

Basically the trade is low balling people and yet retail pricing is still climbing and with the very limited availability of good cars as we get into spring I expect prices will be at least the level of 2022.

Edited March 29, 2023 by steve7

[steve7]

1 minute ago, steve7 said:

and yet a 2012 Boxster s with 50k miles just sold for over 37k and they have a GTS 2016 with only 6k miles up at .......wait for it....drum role...60k!!

https://mrsportscars.com

Basically the trade is low balling people and yet retail pricing is still climbing and with the very limited availability of good cars as we get into spring I expect prices will be at least the level of 2022.

The Boxster S sold in less then a week too

[Codfanglers]

2013/63 PORSCHE BOXSTER 3.4S PDK SILVER/BLACK 44,500 MILES FSH GREAT SPEC CAR | eBay

Bidding only reached £26.4k on this 2013 3.4S last week. The trade are 'low balling' for stock because they know what is coming.

[steve7]

that's looks like a great car and I admit I don't have a clue what's going on, private vs retail sales have never been so far apart!

[Codfanglers]

It's for sale with a specialist dealer. No doubt he 'wants' north of £30k for it and won't let it go too cheaply, but eBay and auction prices are a good barometer on what people are actually willing to pay for cars. 

I've been watching a 2014 Boxster on Cargurus with my ideal colour and spec with a prestigious dealer. It started out at £32k middle of last year, sold last week after seven price drops when the asking price reached £27k. Who knows at what price a deal was struck though.

[moonshine]

There is probably somewhere between £5k & £8k difference between trade and dealer prices. Is that a surprise? 

(Prep, repairs, warranty, profit, overheads  etc) 

The private sale price should fall somewhere between. 

[EXY]

On 3/29/2023 at 2:13 PM, Codfanglers said:

With the typical £5k dealer premium, £31k would seem about right for anyone wanting to sell/trade in a 718.

Clean, FSH early 781 cars can now be found advertised for under £30k and 981 cars for under £20k and as EXY predicts, normality is returning. The country is awash with Boxsters and Caymans for sale at over-inflated prices and I can see a lot of dealers getting burnt with stock they have paid too much for. 

I'm watching Tesla's ATM and the trade are getting burnt Big-Time with 18 month old cars for sale for £6k MORE than a brand new available immediately from the manufacturer vehicle.

There are only so many fekwits with more money than sense running around and they are becoming rarer by the day, IMHO of course 

 

[daz05]

I've been waiting for the mass drop to come but it's happening more slowly than I thought but values are down when you consider inflation. 

You'll see the 987.2 advertised for under 20k not a clean 981 but it might come. Bargain when it does.

 

[Codfanglers]

7 hours ago, daz05 said:

I've been waiting for the mass drop to come but it's happening more slowly than I thought but values are down when you consider inflation. 

You'll see the 987.2 advertised for under 20k not a clean 981 but it might come. Bargain when it does.

 

Evans Halshaw have a 981 with sensible miles, I believe they use some fancy software to place their cars competitively and prices change weekly. £23.5k and has drifted down by £870 over the last month.

But there is a 2013 Boxster on Cargurus with a car dealer, FSH, HPI clear for £19,989.

[daz05]

3 minutes ago, Codfanglers said:

Evans Halshaw have a 981 with sensible miles, I believe they use some fancy software to place their cars competitively and prices change weekly. £23.5k and has drifted down by £870 over the last month.

But there is a 2013 Boxster on Cargurus with a car dealer, FSH, HPI clear for £19,989.

It has been to the moon and back though. 

[Codfanglers]

7 hours ago, daz05 said:

It has been to the moon and back though. 

And not a colour combo I would choose. But it is a 981, HPI clear, looks straight, shiney, refurbed wheels etc. and for sale with a dealer for less than £20k. What happened to "buy on condition not mileage" 

WBAC price is £13570

[daz05]

I actually think it's too expensive, 95% of 981s don't have anywhere near that mileage on them and asking price is low to mid 20s, it's not a typical 'clean' example which was my point. 

 

[daz05]

I just did mine, coming up just 20% under what I paid for it fully serviced, tyres, brakes and OEM warranty back in 2016 so I'll take that.

(We won't take into account any of my mods in this calculation 🤐🤣)

[McDonald]

26 minutes ago, daz05 said:

I just did mine, coming up just 20% under what I paid for it fully serviced, tyres, brakes and OEM warranty back in 2016 so I'll take that.

(We won't take into account any of my mods in this calculation 🤐🤣)

Whatever 'We Steal Any Car' are offering you, it's worth more. They're the scavengers of the car market.